Veal Appeal: Whitewashing of Health Care Reform Battle Continues

[Donnachaidh]

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Over at the Huffington Post, in an attempt to defend Jim Messina, Robert Creamer reaches for the absolute biggest brush he can find to totally whitewash the actual history of the health care reform battle. From his blog post:

Messina is sometimes criticized by progressives for his management of the health care battle. Progressives like myself believe strongly that the Affordable Care Act would be better if it had included a Public Option. So, by the way, does Messina.

I personally would have preferred if the White House would have fought more forcefully for the public option.

But having been deeply involved in the health care battle working with Americans United for Change and Health Care for America Now (HCAN), I’m not sure we could have gotten a Public Option no matter what the president did or did not do. The Senate filibuster, the health insurance lobby, and Senator Lieberman were our chief obstacles.

More at the link --

[pnwmom]

1. Sounds accurate to me. n/t

[golddigger]

2. BS, they could have put pressure on Lieberman.

They could have stripped him of his committees if he didn't toe the line. The fact was Obama did not want a public option and used Lieberman as the scape goat.It was all a big fucking game.
So the spin doesn't work for me.

[JDPriestly]

3. Who still reads Huffington Post?

I don't.